Jean-François Gravier () was a French
geographer
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famous for his work ''Paris and the French Desert'' published in 1947, and republished in 1953 and 1972. He denounces the extreme concentration of France in Paris, and the monopoly of that city over French resources.
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Bibliography
* Gravier (J. - F.). Paris and the French desert, Portulan, Paris, 1947, 418 p.
* Gravier (J. - F.). Paris and the French desert in 1972, Flammarion, Paris, 1972, 284 p.
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Regional planning
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Decentralization
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French geographers
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